Anne Bradstreet

Antonia Sanders
September 3, 2009
AP English III
The Author to Her Book and To My Dear and Loving Husband
Anne Bradstreet has different writing techniques. She uses figurative language such as metaphors, tone, and diction. In her two poems she has two completely different purposes and expresses her feelings in strange ways.
While doing some of her writing Anne Bradstreet uses metaphors in some cases. In her poem The Author to Her Book she makes a statement saying “Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain” (line 1). In this line she compares her book to a child and she plays the mother to the book. In her other poem To My Dear and Loving Husband she uses metaphors also. “I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold Or all the riches that the East dost hold” (lines 5-6). She is comparing her husband’s love to gold and riches. She also is saying in these lines how nothing in the world can top his love, and how love is better than any gold and all the riches. This quote also has diction in it. Bradstreet uses the word “prize” to show us readers that her husband’s love is a gift to her that she cherishes.
In the two poems that she has written she has different tones to express her feelings. In the poem The Author to Her Book she says “At thy return my blushing was not small” (line 7). Her tone is full of embarrassment and I know this because she mentions how she was blushing a lot. She also says “My rambling brat” (line 7) which she shows how she feels about this book. I think her tone is disappointment. Basically she is talking about how her writing can be out of order like a child that misbehaves. In Bradstreet poem To My Dear and Loving Husband she uses pathos to describe her emotion. “Then while we live in love let’s persevere That when we live no more, we may live ever (line 11-12). She’s so in love with this guy and she feels she can’t live without him. She wants to be with this person for eternity, and there love is so strong that it could never die.
The author has a purpose for writing both of her poems. Her purpose for writing The Author to Her Book was to tell readers how she felt about her writing while she uses certain types of writing styles. Throughout the whole essay her book is like a child. Just like you can stretch out a child’s leg she did that with her book as long as with dressing it. So she uses personification a little bit. She goes in to how at first she didn’t like how she writes to saying at the end she like her poetry and has pride in it. The purpose of her other poem To My Dear and Loving Husband she is basically showing us readers that love is everything. She’s in love with her husband and isn’t afraid to let anybody know it. She and her husband are like one and their love is strong. She feels that their love will live on and thinks that is a beautiful thing.
This author has very good writing techniques. The first poem was a little crazy but the second one about her being in love was so good. She shows readers how she feels by using pathos and other writing styles.